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MAGIC Camp

The MAGIC (Mentoring A Girl In Construction) Camp was held last week and
exposed participants to careers in engineering, transportation and construction.
The camp, sponsored by KDOT, was open to high school girls to encourage them to
consider pursuing education, training and careers in those fields.
Twenty eight students-- twelve of them TPS kids-- donned hard hats, received
a tool kit, heard a variety of speakers talk about paths to success, made site
visits and built items... such as planters & picture frames to round out a
fun-filled, week-long learning experience.

The students also got to hear from women already succeeding in their careers,
like TPS Foundation Executive Director Pamela Johnson-Betts, who spoke to the
group about the importance of having and pursuing the right information to
achieve career success.
“It’s important to let young women who will soon be entering the work force
to know about different career opportunities in these previously non-traditional
fields,” said KDOT Civil Rights Administrator Doria Watson. “This camp shows the
students new career possibilities they may not have considered before.”